Being the door spirit for many years, Slaikum was well knowledgeable about the various mechanisms in the room, speaking eloquently. It took a full five minutes to finish explaining all the mechanisms’ locations.
Lady Melo felt fortunate to have asked in advance, otherwise, attempting a direct rescue would have definitely resulted in those two getting strangled by the ropes to the point of dismemberment.
However, even though Lady Melo understood the mechanisms, she didn’t immediately start the rescue, looking instead at Angel.
After all, Slaikum had been the Princess’s door spirit for years; was this really a genuine betrayal? This obviously needed consideration.
Thus, Lady Melo must get Angel’s approval before truly taking action.
Angel glanced at Slaikum, hissing a snake tongue and acting like a bootlicker, finally nodding lightly: "It’s not wrong, do as it says."
Only then did Lady Melo feel relieved, beginning to dismantle the mechanisms.
As Lady Melo rescued the two Talented Ones, Angel turned to Slaikum: "Your performance was quite good; what you said just now was true."
Upon hearing this, Slaikum was overjoyed, expressing sincere gratitude, and began recounting his years as a door spirit, articulating its hardships, and strongly insisting that it was a good snake, merely forced to become the Princess’s accomplice.
Angel, upon finishing listening, didn’t say much, continuing to smile faintly.
He wasn’t wrong when he said that what Slaikum spoke was true, but... some words were still hidden in its stomach.
If those words hidden were insignificant, it wouldn’t matter, but alas, those words involved the Magical Energy Array affecting the entire Princess’s room.
It was possible to rescue people, but attempting to leave with them would trigger the Magical Energy Array.
This was what Slaikum concealed.
Therefore, Angel regarded Slaikum’s "heartfelt confession" as a joke. Although he seemed loyal, he was actually still loyal to the Princess.
However, since everyone was acting anyway and did not expose themselves, Angel wanted to exploit Slaikum’s remaining value by probing some information about the Princess from him.
Believing his "sincere confession" had succeeded, Slaikum thought he had infiltrated the enemy ranks and naturally agreed to talk with Angel.
Slaikum was probably the person in the Princess Castle most familiar with the Princess.
He knew everything she did, and Slaikum had a lot to say.
However, Angel could tell that what Slaikum discussed were not the Princess’s powers or secrets but rather how she committed her evil acts.
Probably because Slaikum had described the Princess as too malicious in the "heartfelt confession," he could only deepen this aspect further.
Listening to Slaikum’s narration, Angel had already regarded the Princess as a psychopath, and now perhaps even worse.
Things like human roulette, human skin galleries, and specimen corridors were just daily routines for the Princess.
This routine varied every day with new tricks but maintained the same cruelty and bloodiness.
A girl under fourteen, yet inside her resided a darker demon than Gu Yina.
Angel could tolerate Gu Yina, even bringing her into the Barbarian Cave as Gu Yina only wanted to survive.
But the Princess sought nothing; she reveled in these acts.
This was an evil ingrained in her nature.
After Slaikum spoke about the Princess’s evil for most of the day, he suddenly hesitated and softly added, "Actually, sometimes the Princess is still a child at heart; she... after all, is just a child."
Angel smiled and did not respond.
Innocence, he believed. Evil, he also believed. These two can coexist.
"Besides this, is there any other information, like the Gray Crow?"
Slaikum: "The Gray Crow Wizard is the Princess’s guard, from the Falwenrock family. He became a guard in exchange for the family’s continuation. However, the Gray Crow seems somewhat disloyal, and the Princess is well aware of it. Maybe it’s because they signed a contract?"
Slaikum: "The real name of the Gray Crow Wizard is Lydia, which is somewhat feminine, so he prefers to go by his nickname, hmm... he’s also an Elemental Wizard, seemingly from a rare branch that the Princess previously mentioned, called Rolling Stone Sorcerer."
Rolling Stone Sorcerer, a branch of Earth Wizard, plays with rocks and belongs to the strong attack branch. Besides this, there is another renowned branch among Earth Wizards called Desert Sorcerer.
Of course, the taxonomy of Elemental Wizards is not limited to these, and strong attack versus strong control is not absolute, much depends on individual talent and skills.
"The Gray Crow Wizard’s most common ability is to create ravens from rocks. These stone ravens serve both as his senses and can be used for attack..."
As Slaikum spoke, he suddenly paused.
Not only did Slaikum pause, but Angel also froze.
Both of them turned their gaze backward.
In front of the door that had not been closed previously, a figure appeared when they were unaware.
Slaikum initially thought the Princess had returned and was considering how to communicate the information to the Princess, but the newcomer was not the Princess but a cold-looking young girl.
The girl’s long black hair fell on her cheeks, her eyes intentionally feigned indifference, probing the room.
"Siber?" Angel softly uttered the intruder’s name.
Ladies Melo, who was deciphering the mechanism, heard Angel’s voice and turned around puzzledly. Indeed, standing at the door was a young girl—Siber!
The arrival of Siber surprised not only Angel but also Lady Melo; the most shocked were the two Talented Ones hanging above.
Lady Melo saw their miserable state and didn’t mind much, after all, as an elder, she might be knowledgeable and indifferent.
Angel saw their misery but didn’t care either, mainly because he didn’t know them, and they were men.
But Siber was different!
Siber was one of the two female Talented Ones traveling with them, and also the most beautiful.